United Kingdom: Strategy

The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is now live across all 27 member states, introducing strict compliance requirements for businesses placing packaging on the EU market. DG ENV's latest FAQs clarify critical liability issues including trademark tape responsibilities, supplier data obligations, and legacy stock exemptions. Understanding your statutory role based on branding and customs clearance is essential to avoid costly compliance failures and supply chain disruptions.

The Department for Transport's 2025 road casualty statistics reveal a concerning paradox for motor insurers: while road fatalities declined to one of the lowest levels on record, serious injuries increased by 4%, driving up claim severity and costs. This analysis examines how rising KSI numbers, vulnerable road user exposure, and demographic shifts are reshaping the motor insurance landscape despite historically low collision frequency.

Self-driving vehicles could transform commercial fleets, but the UK's new Automated Vehicles Act 2024 creates a complex regulatory framework that redistributes legal responsibility between fleet operators, vehicle occupants, and automated driving system providers. Before committing to significant investment in automated cars, vans, HGVs or passenger vehicles, general counsel and procurement teams must understand what the technology is legally authorised to do, who carries each responsibility

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AlixPartners' annual profit pool analysis reveals that engine OEMs and aircraft lessors continue to dominate the commercial aerospace industry, capturing 85% of earnings in 2025.

Leading M&A experts from McCarthy Tétrault, Sullivan & Cromwell, and White & Case examine how electricity demand, AI infrastructure, and energy security are fundamentally reshaping capital deployment strategies across infrastructure and energy sectors. The discussion explores where investors are finding the most compelling opportunities as the energy transition evolves beyond decarbonisation into a broader infrastructure buildout story.

As CEO turnover reaches record highs and organizational disruption intensifies, business leaders face unprecedented challenges in navigating complexity and uncertainty. Could the operational principles of large language models—from attention management to probabilistic reasoning—offer a blueprint for more effective leadership in today's volatile environment? This analysis explores how CEOs might adapt AI-inspired strategies while maintaining the distinctly human qualities that define exceptional

Organizations often mistake busyness for productivity, but the real culprit behind stalled initiatives and stretched teams is fragmentation—when people and projects are spread too thin across competing priorities. This analysis reveals how fragmentation operates on two critical axes, why it remains invisible to most leadership teams, and what diagnostic approaches can help organizations reclaim lost execution capacity.

A team from Blacks Solicitors takes on the challenging 24-mile Yorkshire Three Peaks hike to raise funds for Yorkshire Cancer Research, the firm's 2026 Charity of the Year. The article shares their journey across Pen-Y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, along with practical advice for anyone considering this demanding fundraising challenge.

Organizations often mistake busyness for productivity, but the real culprit behind stalled initiatives and stretched teams is fragmentation—when people and projects are spread too thin across competing priorities. This analysis reveals how fragmentation operates on two critical axes, why it remains invisible to most leadership teams, and what diagnostic approaches can help organizations reclaim lost execution capacity.

In-house legal teams are experiencing an unexpected consequence of AI adoption: while the technology promises efficiency, it's simultaneously generating unprecedented volumes of new work. From AI-drafted contracts to automated complaints, legal departments must now rethink their operational structure to handle this influx without expanding headcount. The solution lies not in resisting AI, but in using it strategically alongside robust legal operations infrastructure.

Real Estate Partner Michael Helfgott and Incentives Partner Claire Matthews share the pivotal moments that shaped their legal careers, from unexpected opportunities to the mentors who challenged them to grow. Their conversation explores how understanding people—clients, colleagues, and teams—became one of the most valuable skills they developed, and why the best breakthroughs often come when you least expect them.